Gasoline pump



Feb. 10, 1931. e. s. VOORHEES 1,791,987

GASOLINE PUMP Filed May 4. 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet' l gwumtom 21 fax/W Feb. 10, 1931. G. s. vooRHEE GASOLINE PUMP Filed May 4. 1929 a sheets-sheet 2 Feb. 10, 1931. s. VOORHEES 1,791,987

GASOLINE PUMP Filed May 4. 1929 I5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Feb. 10, 1931 PATENT OFFICE GARRET S. VOCBI-IEES, 01E TULSA, OKLAHOMA V GASOLINE PUMP Application filed May4, 1929. Serial No. 360,481.

This invention relates to liquid dispensing apparatus of the type generally employed to dispense gasoline at filling stations and the like. In practically every fillingstation of the present day arrangements .are'made for supplying any of a plurality of different motor fuels which aredispensed from separate pump. standards generally mounted in rows between which the automobiles are H) driven for filling. It is quite often the case that several automobiles require fuel from a certain pump which is so located in theline of pumps that the waiting vehicles block access to other pumps in the series andtherefore cause considerable confusion and delay indispensing the gasoline. l V v Thepresent invention has been designed to overcome this objectionable characteristic and to this end provides a means whereby a plurality of different brands ofgasoline may be dispensed from a single pump standard by a slmple operation which disposes acontainer of the desired gasoline adjacent the automobile to be supplied therewith. The primary object of the present invention is the provision of a gasoline pump. standard provided with. means for supplying selectively anyof a plurality of brandsof gasoline from containers mounted on arotatable head carried by the standard. j j

Other objects of the invention are: to provide in a gasoline pump means for dispensing any of a plurality of different brands ofgasoline from. containers mounted thereon; to

provide in a gasoline pump a standard having a rotatable element equipped with means fordispensing any of a plurality ofdifferent gasolines therefrom; to provide in a pump of this character a novel distribution system as a structural element thereof for accomplishing the above noted objects; and generally to provide an improved gasoline pump including a standard provided with a rotatable head carrying a plurality of gasoline containers whereby gasoline may be dispensed selectively from one side of the standard by rotation of the head thereof.

With these objects in view and such others as willlbe apparent from the description, the mvention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed and illustrated 1n the accompanying drawings wherein is shown one practical, physical embodiment of the principles of this invention.

Figure 1 is anelevation of a pump standard constructed in, accordance with the invention. V

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken therethrougli. j

Figure 3 is an elevation partly in section, from the right of Figure 2.

Figure l'is a horizontal section on the line i l of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a horizontal section on the line 5-5 of Figure3.

In detail the pump comprises a conventional base 10 having a rigid upright hollow tubular standard 11 secured thereon surrounding an internal supporting pipe member 12 which extends upwardly into the .top of the assembled structure and form both a suporting means for the assembly as well. as a conduit for the reception of electric light wires 13 leading upwardly therethrough to an electric lamp 14 disposed within an advertising head 15 of the conventional, type as shown in Figures 1 and 2.

. Adjacent the upper end of the pump standard the central pipe 12 carries a rigidly attached collar 16 from which extend upwardly and outwardly a plurality of braces 17 forming at their upper ends supports having rigid connection with the lower flange member 18 of a swivel joint to be described. The upper end of the pipe 12 is enlarged in :diameter beyond the collar 16 and is externally threaded at its end to receive thereover a locking nut 19 which cooperates with the flange member 18 to securetherebetweenan annular.

rotatable member in form of a ring 20 which is rigidly secured at its periphery to the interior of a hollow tubular shell 21 which extends downwardly over the upper edge of the column 11 in concentric spaced relation thereto, as best illustrated in Figure 3. The diameter of the shell 21 is such that in external appearance the shell forms substantially a continuation of the column 11.

Above the swivel joint comprising the elements 18, 19 and 20 the upper end of the shell 21 is flared outwardly and considerably enlarged to provide a bowl-shaped head 22 which carries a plurality, preferably two, of the conventional glass fuel supply tanks, shown at 23 and 24 respectively. These dispensing tanks 23 and 24 are additionally supported by means of brace rods 25 which extend from beneath the respective tanks to a rigid supporting connection with thering 20 of the swivel joint. These tanks are also provided with the conventional top covers 26. The tank 23 is supplied with gasoline by means of an inlet supply pipe 27 which extends upwardly from an underground reservoir, not shown, through the column 11 and shell 21, connecting by means of an elbow 28 with an angled pipe section 29 which extends through the enlarged upper end of the supporting pipe 12 and communicates with a pipe section 30 extending vertically up- 'ward within the bowl-shaped head 22 and having connection with a flexible conduit 31 leading to the inlet nozzle 32 in the bottom of the tank 23. The tank is also provided with an overflow pipe 33 which opens through the bottom of the tank in communication with a flexible conduit 34 having connection with a pipe section 35 disposed along side of the pipe 30 and connected in a similar manner at its lower end with the overflow return pipe 36 which passes down through the shell 21 and column 11 returning to the underground reservoir in the usual manner.

The tank 24 is similarly equipped to re ceive a ditierent brand of gasoline through a supply pipe 37 similar to the pipe 27 and rising within the column 11 and shell 21 in spaced relation therefrom. This pipe 37 connects through an elbow 38 in an angled pipe se tion 39 leading to a vertical connecting pipe 40 having communication through a flexible conduit 41 with the inlet nozzle 42 of the tank 24. This tank is also provided with an overflow pipe 43 which returns through the flexible conduit 44 to the pipe section 45 having communication with the return pipe 46 which leads back through the shell 21 and the upright 11 to the underground reservoir for this particular brand of gasoline.

Gasoline from the tank 23 is dispensed for use through a conventional hose 47, the shell 21 being provided adjacent the hose 47 with a hook 48 for supporting the nozzle end of the same when not in use. From the tank 24 gasoline is dispensed through a second hose 49 which is also supported when not in use from a hook 50 provided on the shell 21 at a point diametrically opposed to the hook 48.

Adjacent its upper end the upright column 11 is provided with externally formed diametrically opposed stop lugs 51 and 52 which cooperate with an internal lug 53 carried on the inner face of the shell 21 at its lower end. Adjacent the lower end of the shell 21 and. rigidly secured externally thereto is an operating lever in the form of a hand wheel 54 by means of which the shell may be rotated through an arc of 180 degrees, its movement being limited by the abutting engagement of the shell carried lug 53 against the respective stops 51 and 52 provided on the upright.

At diametrically opposed points the upright column 11 is vertically slotted to receive therethrough pump operating handles 55 and 56 which respectively control the pumping means for supplying gasoline to the dispensing tanks 24 and 23. These operating handles 55 and 56 are in the form of levers pivoted at their inner ends to the supporting pipe 12 and having connection by means of depending links 57 and 58 with pump controlled mechanism arranged beneath the standard, which mechanism is not illustrated herein. Access may be had to the lower portion of the pump standard through a door 59 provided with the column 11. as shown in Figure 1.

In the operation of this improved pump it is not necessary to provide driveways running along opposite sides of the standard as is the conventional practice at the present time. Only one driveway is necessary along one side of the standard which for purposes of illustration will be assumed as running beneath the dispensing tank 23. If the brand of gasoline supplied from the dispensing tank 23 is not desired but on the contrary that carried in the tank 24 is to be used, the filling station attendant manipulates the hand wheel 54 to rotate the shell 21 and correspondingly the head 22 through an arc of 180 degrees to bring the dispensing tank 7 24 over the driveway, after which the gasoline can be dispensed in the usual manner. The provision of the flexible conduits 31, 34. 41, and 44 arranged within the head 22 permits of the necessary rotation of the head without any disarrangement or interference with the distribution of fuel through the pump. The swivel joint formed by the elements 18, 19 and 20 permits a free and easy rotation of the shell 21 as desired and the stop luv; 53 cooperating with the abutments 51 and 52 insures against any undue movement of the parts.

It is obvious, and it is intended by this inventlon, that the entire assembly may be rendered stationary and of the non-rotating type by securing the swivel joint against rotation. This can be effected by proper adjustment of the locking nut 19 to provide a frictional lock clamping the ring 20 against the lower flange 18 of the joint. Other modifications may be carried out in many known Ways to provide'a rigid pump standard having a double side supply and while in the general details of this invention I have illustrated and described certain structural. arrangements and characteristics, I desire it to be understood that any desired modifications may be made in the structural details as will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. Liquid dispensing apparatus comprising a pump standard, a member movably mounted thereon, a plurality of dispensing tanks on said member, and means in said standard for supplying liquid to said tanks independently of each other from independent sources.

2. Liquid dispensing apparatus comprising a pump standard, a head rotatable thereon, a plurality of independent dispensing tanks on said head, means for rotating said head for selective positioning of said .tanks at one side of said standard, and means in said standard for supplying said tanks from independent sources.

3. A gasoline pump comprising a standard including relatively rotatable sections, a plurality of dispensing tanks on one of said sections, and means in said standard for supplyi said tanks from independent sources.

4. A gasoline pump comprising a standard including relatively movable sections, a plurality of dispensing tanks on one of said sections, means for supplying said tanks through said standard from independentsources, and means for moving one of said sections relative to another for selective disposition of said tanks.

5. In a gasoline pump, a standard including a stationary section and a movable section rotatable relative thereto, a plurality of dispensing tanks on said movable section, means for rotating said movable section for selective disposition of said tanks, and means on one of said sections for limiting travel of said movable section.

6. In a gasoline pump, astationary support, a member rotatably mounted thereon and carrying a plurality of dispensing tanks, independent supply source pipes rigidly associated with said support, and flexible conduits connecting said pipes and tanks.

7. In a gasoline pump, the combination with a standard, of a plurality of dispensing tanks disposed thereon, means for supplying said tanks from independent sources, and 

